Dionysian

PRONUNCIATION:

(dy-uh-NISH-uhn, -NIS-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

adjective: Uninhibited; undisciplined; spontaneous; wild; orgiastic.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility in Greek mythology. He was
a son of Zeus and considered the opposite of his brother, Apollo. His Roman
equivalent is Bacchus. Earliest documented use: before 1610.

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